Aspire Magazine

I know the title seems quite strange. We’re all looking for how to succeed and here I am talking about how to fail. Of course there are many things that make a person fail, but I just want to talk about two of them. Fighting the Former Wars When a person fights his former wars, [...]

We have been born into an era whose dynamism can’t permit us the luxury of mediocrity. Too many people lead peaceful lives nowadays in blatant blissful oblivion to the rapidly degrading standards and adverse conditions they find themselves in. we’ve grown so accustomed to our chains of ignorance to greater heights that the idea of [...]

Sesoo Ugor Ongu, known by his stage name U.Y is the newest break-out star in the Nigerian music entertainment industry. Having ventured into music entertainment industry at age 15, he released several mixtapes, a video “Vote for Me” (which aired on TV stations like Soundcity) and more recently a 9-tracker hit album titled rising star. [...]

This is a guest post by Kingsley Edinoh I was born into a society that celebrates the axiom, “If you can’t beat them, join them!” I’m quite sure that you were intrigued on seeing my replacement of the familiar tag “join them” with “stand out”. Growing up, there were many times, situations and circumstances that [...]

Its true that we are the best of thinkers of imaginations, and excellent dreamers. We have all the principles and theories perfectly laid out; But there is more to be done than just knowing who we are and what to do, Or what is to be done. Its time to that we stand up from [...]

[Image credit:voicetogod.blogspot.com] Have you ever thought of chasing a wild dream? Have you ever really thought of reaching the stars? Have you realized you’re not satisfied with the monotonous pattern of your life? Inside you, that star is wrestling to burst. We may have ignored these thoughts as mere daydreams, and continued in the pattern [...]

[Courtesy: gbcdecatur.org] Countless times we’ve been told that every one of us has something inside, but I’ll say we have more than enough inside of us, lying dormant like venom in an ignorant snake. The importance of determination in capacity building cannot be overemphasized. In fact, all there is to getting things done is rugged [...]

When a new member joins his organization, John Maxwell says he hands them a plaque that reads: “I don’t have to survive”. Most people grow up with the idea that it is a hard world and luck just smiles at some selected few. These are the people who supposedly have everything working out well for [...]

[Picture credits: www.artofmanliness.com] One of the most difficult challenges in life is finding ourselves. Of course we may find other things we deem necessary like wealth, comfort, security, accomplishments and even love. But until we wake up from that limbo of childish ignorance and self unconsciousness, we may never live to fulfill our true destiny; [...]

The human life cannot be more beautiful when it has a vision. Life should be a pursuit of purpose. Life should involve setting goals, whether long term or short term with plans and a determination to bring them to reality. Life without vision is empty. There should be a reason for being at any time. [...]